Espy Criticizes Independent Counsel
From Times Wire Reports
Former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy, whose run-in with an independent counsel cost him $1.5 million in legal bills, says his experience casts doubt on the whole institution. Espy, one of several speakers on a panel examining the fate of the independent counsel law, was acquitted in December of 30 charges that he accepted gifts and entertainment from companies or organizations regulated by the agency. He is now a private attorney in Jackson, Miss.
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